Government never furthered any enterprise but by the alacrity with which it got out of its way.

I have always endeavored to acquire strict business habits; they are indispensable to every man. If your trade is with the Celestial Empire, then some small counting house on the coast, in some Salem harbor, will be fixture enough.

I have seen some who did not know when to turn aside their eyes in meeting yours. A truly confident and magnanimous spirit is wiser than to contend for the mastery in such encounters. Serpents alone conquer by the steadiness of their gaze. My friend looks me in the face and sees me, that is all.

There is an incessant influx of novelty into the world, and yet we tolerate incredible dullness.

All voting is a sort of gaming, like checkers or backgammon, with a slight moral tinge to it, a playing with right and wrong.

A man may travel fast enough and earn his living on the road.

There must be the... generating force of Love behind every effort destined to be successful.